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HF 2618

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/06/2023 11:43am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 03/06/2023

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; appropriating money for a Rice Street Capitol Area
redesign project.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; RICE STREET CAPITOL AREA REDESIGN.
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new text begin (a) $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of transportation for one or more grants to the city of St. Paul, Ramsey County,
or both, for planning, predesign, design, engineering, environmental analysis and mitigation,
land acquisition, and reconstruction of the Rice Street Capitol Area corridor as follows:
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new text begin (1) Rice Street from West Pennsylvania Avenue to John Ireland Boulevard;
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new text begin (2) Como Avenue from West Pennsylvania Avenue and Marion Street to Rice Street;
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new text begin (3) West 12th Street from John Ireland Boulevard to the vicinity of Saint Peter Street;
and
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new text begin (4) Saint Peter Street from West 12th Street to East 11th Street.
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new text begin (b) The Rice Street Capitol Area redesign project under this section must:
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new text begin (1) be developed under a multiagency planning process that is coordinated by the Capitol
Area Architectural and Planning Board under Minnesota Statutes, section 15B.03;
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new text begin (2) conform with the comprehensive plan adopted under Minnesota Statutes, section
15B.05, and the street design manual adopted by the city of St. Paul; and
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new text begin (3) establish a multimodal hub in the vicinity of Rice Street and University Avenue.
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new text begin (c) The appropriation in this section is available until June 30, 2032.
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